And a stone was brought, and laid upon the mouth of the den; and the king sealed it with his own signet, and with the signet of his lords; that the purpose might not be changed concerning Daniel.
Ver. 17. And a stone was brought, and laid upon the mouth of the den.] To make all sure, as they thought, and that there might be no privite dealings with the keepers for Daniel's deliverance. But God had a holy hand in it, for the greater manifestation of the miracle.
And the king sealed it.] Ne, videlicet, alia perimeretur morte ab insidiatoribus, saith one, lest the conspirators, understanding that the lions did not meddle with him, should some way else despatch him, as the persecutors dealt by some of the martyrs,
That the purpose might not be changed concerning Daniel.] The Latin interpreter hath it, Lest anything should be done against Daniel. He feared not the lions so much as the men, saith the ordinary gloss there.